Here’s another story from my book, Take the Ride of Your Life! Shift Gears for More Balance,Growth and Change. This post will help you when you are experiencing bumpy roads in your life….to reduce conflict in the workplace and home!
What do you use to escape stress and negativity? For Natalie as a child, she always used her bicycle.
Natalie’s Story
Natalie, a production manager for a publisher, learned to channel the stresses of childhood into adult strengths. She used her bicycle to escape her critical dad and alcoholic mom.
“My father taught my brothers and me to ride bicycles. He was a schoolteacher and had patience with everyone but his own children. He tried using anger to motivate me. He’d say, ‘Come on, you can do this. Don’t be a wimp.’ Being told this in earshot of the neighborhood
kids was mortifying.”
“Once I learned how to ride, I would get on my bike and go wherever the bike would take me. Sometimes it would be to a friend’s house, sometimes a ride around the city. I would pedal along highways and even on unpaved, bumpy roads. When things were really bad at home, I would head miles north to get to a beach. My head always felt clearer there. I would often daydream about what life could be like as I rode.”
Self-motivated and self-sustaining, Natalie took the negative lessons of her parents and turned them into positives for herself and her
daughter. She learned courage on her bike.
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Two of Joyce’s Favorite Quotes
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
Helen Keller
“An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.”
Sir Winston Churchill
Consider the following question:
What would cause you to say…
“Don’t bug me. Get off my case?”
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Until next time,
This is Joyce Weiss, Conflict Resolution Consultant
I help others have tough conversations so they get a better night’s sleep.
Remember…You Get What YOU Tolerate!
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